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| monkey |
| 1. n. Any member of the clade Simiiformes not also of the clade Hominoidea containing humans and apes, from which they are usually, but not universally, distinguished by smaller size, a tail, and cheek pouc |
| He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole. |
| 2. n. (informal) Any nonhuman primate, including apes. |
| Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys. |
| 3. n. (informal) A mischievous child. |
| Stop misbehaving, you little monkey! |
| She's a cheeky monkey. |
| 4. n. A dance move popular in the 1960s. |
| 5. n. (UK, slang) Five hundred pounds sterling. |
| 6. n. (slang) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing. |
| 7. n. (slang) A person with minimal intelligence and/or an unattractive appearance |
| 8. n. (blackjack) A face card. |
| 9. n. (slang) A menial employee who does a repetitive job, as in code monkey, grease monkey, phone monkey, powder monkey. |
| 10. n. The weight or hammer of a pile driver; a heavy mass of iron, which, being raised high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging. |
| 11. n. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. |
| 12. n. (slang) A drug habit; an addiction; a compulsion. |
| 13. v. (informal) To meddle; to mess with |
| Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| apa |
| 1. n. A primate; ape, monkey. |
| De visade en dokumentär om apor på teve. - They showed a documentary about primates on TV. |
| 2. n. (slang) A dumb or annoying person; idiot. |
| Vad gör den där jävla apan här? - What's that moron doing here? |
| 3. n. (colloquial idiomatic) A bad smell. |
| Det luktar apa här inne. - It smells terrible in here. |
| 4. n. (nautical, historical) A sail on the main mast or mizzen mast of a sailing ship. |
| 5. v. To (attempt to) imitate without a sense of originality, usually with the particle efter; to ape, to monkey. |
| De apade bara efter det jag hade skrivit. - They just aped what I had written. |
| 6. v. To behave in a whimsical or foolish manner; to clown around. |
| Hon apade sig inför hela klassen. - She monkeyed around in front of the whole class. |
